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Theme chosen for 2028 Eucharistic Congress in Sydney
Pope Leo XIV has chosen “This is My Body, Given for You” as the theme for the International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Sydney in 2028. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Pope joins Australian community in Rome for evening prayer
Pope Leo XIV joined the Australian community for evening prayer at the Domus Australia Chapel in Rome on Monday. Source: CNA.
Together on path of repentance
Catholic Religious Australia has published a prayer resource as religious communities across Australia prepare to unite in prayer on the National Day of Sorrow and Promise on Sunday for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.
Hunter Valley hosts celebration of First Nations Catholics
More than 250 delegates from every state and territory, along with a delegation from New Zealand, gathered on Wonnarua Country in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, last week for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council’s national assembly. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Global study finds Australian teachers the second-most stressed in the world
Australia has the second-most stressed teachers in the world, plagued by administrative red tape, marking and lesson planning, a new global study has found. Source: The Advertiser.
Diocese workshops teaching people of all ages to make rosaries
With October being the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary, Parramatta Diocese has launched a new initiative to teach people of all ages how to make rosaries. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Top Vatican official prays for end to ‘perverse spiral of hatred’ in Israel-Gaza war
The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago “was inhuman and indefensible”, the Vatican Secretary of State said this week, and Israel’s two-year-long war on Gaza has had “disastrous and inhuman consequences”. Source: NCR Online.
Pope Leo’s first papal trip will be to Türkiye and Lebanon
The Vatican yesterday confirmed Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip will be to Türkiye and Lebanon at the end of November and beginning of December, a trip that could have significant implications for his agenda on Gaza. Source: Crux.
At least 36 dead and 200 injured after scaffolding in Ethiopian church collapses
Catholic bishops in Ethiopia expressed deep sorrow and solidarity after the collapse of wooden scaffolding in an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the north of the country that left at least 36 people dead and 200 injured. Source: OSV News.